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Skills Development Division
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Ontario. Manpower Training Division
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The Skills Development Division was established in 1981, and was briefly known as the Manpower Training Division. It consisted of two branches: Operations Branch and Planning and Development Branch. In 1984, the College Affairs Branch also became part of the Division. Later that year the Operations Branch was dissolved and replaced with the Employment Training Branch.
In April, 1985, the Skills Development Division ceased to exist. The College Affairs Branch remained with the Ministry of Colleges and Universities, while the other functions and component units of the defunct Division were transferred to the new Ministry of Skills Development.
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The Skills Development Division assisted employers and individuals in developing skills needed in the work place. It administered several provincial and federal-provincial programs, including 'Apprenticeship Training,' 'Employer Sponsored Training,' the 'Linkage Program,' 'Modular Training,' the 'Ontario Career Action Program,' 'Training in Business and Industry,' as well as federally supported programs offered in industry and the community colleges. The Division was also responsible for registered private vocational schools. The Assistant Deputy Minister, Skills Development Division, also held the title of Director of Apprenticeship for the purposes of the Apprenticeship and Tradesman's Qualifications Act. When the College Affairs Branch became part of the Division in 1984, the Division also became responsible for the coordination of the network of the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology.
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Ontario Government Telephone Directories
Ministry of Colleges and Universities annual reports
Maintenance notes
Canadiana authority is "Ontario. Skills Development Division". However, there have been two distinct Divisions with this name.
Archivist(s):
R. Anger